St hildegard of bingen biography sample

Hildegard was one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages. She was an anchoress, nun and abbess who founded two religious houses, as well as a writer, theologian, preacher, pioneer free-verse poet, prolific medieval composer of Latin chant, healer, advocate of Church reform, correspondent of prelates and rulers, compiler of scientific learning and inventor of an artificial language with its own alphabet.

All of these activities reflected her role as prophet of the Living Light, commanded by God to “say and write” the divine mysteries that He showed her in visions.